One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

This water tower slanted at an uncomfortable angle off the old Route 66 was an ingenious marketing ploy.

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.

This museum of Hawaiian and Polynesian culture is the legacy of the last descendant of the Kamehameha Dynasty.

A king's pet, a pope's gift, an artist's inspiration, and a tragic shipwreck.

So many migrating birds roost on the bridge, it has a special summer speed limit.

Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

Beautiful Gothic-inspired lighthouse stands out among the run-of-the-mill striped fare on Bodies Island.

The only known Futuro house in North Carolina sits along a stretch of desolate highway on the Outer Banks.  .

An alternate history park where the Union Army loses the war... to dinosaurs.

The fantastic charm of England's oldest botanical garden has made it a place of writerly inspiration for centuries.

An extraordinary collection of scientific instruments - and Einstein's chalkboard - inside the world's oldest purpose built museum building.

Used as an example in one of the first dictionary entries for "museum" in 1706.

Home to the most complete dodo remains known - one head, and one foot.

Ancient Egyptian wigs, South American feather headdresses, a bounty of anthropological artifacts in Oxford.

One of Europe's oldest libraries.

J.R.R Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and other "Inklings" met at the Oxford pub to discuss the now legendary fantasy stories they were writing.

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

The magic's in the hole!